The Commission is independent of government. It is formed of Commissioners with wide experience and expertise drawn from a representative range of social, economic and political stakeholders. The role of Commissioners, as indicated in the Commission’s Terms of Reference, is to review, develop and approve the release of outputs of the Commission, bringing their particular expertise to bear on the Commission’s work.

Chairman: Robert Napier (Chairman, Homes and Communities Agency and Board of the Met Office)
Director: Professor Paul Ekins (Professor of Energy and Environment Policy at King’s College London)
 
Allan Asher former Chief Executive, Energywatch (energy consumer council)
Nick Mabey Chief Executive, E3G
Peter Madden Chief Executive, Forum for the Future
Duncan McLaren Director, Friends of the Earth Scotland
Bernie Bulkin Chairman, AEA Technology (also Sustainable Development Commissioner)
Rita Clifton Chairman, Interbrand (former Sustainable Development Commissioner)
Andrew Duff Group Chief Executive Officer, RWE npower (and Ofgem Environmental Advisory Group)
Michelle Harrison Managing Director for Government and Public Affairs, BMRB
Professor Nick Hanley University of Stirling
Neil Bentley Director, Business Environment, CBI
Professor Tim Jackson University of Surrey (also Sustainable Development Commissioner)
Professor Stephen Potter Open University
Professor Andrew Sentance University of Warwick, member of Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee and former chief economist, British Airways
Elliot Morley MP (Lab) Labour MP for Scunthorpe County Constituency, and President of GLOBE International
Greg Barker MP (Con) Shadow Environment Minister
Colin Challen MP (Lab) Environmental Audit Committee, All Party Parliamentary Climate Change Group
Chris Huhne MP (Lib Dem) Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department and formerly Shadow Environment Secretary
Lord Ron Oxburgh Ex-Chairman, House of Lords Science and Technology Committee, ex-Chairman, Shell Transport and Trading UK
Lord Adair Turner Non-Executive Director, Standard Chartered Bank former Chairman, Pensions Commission, former Director-General, CBI
Lord Chris Smith Chairman, Environment Agency
Tony Grayling Head of Environmental Policy, Environment Agency and formerly Specialist Environmental Adviser, Defra